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Edward Waters College

School profile and reference information, including highlights, admissions, student body, degrees, and contact info.

Campus Location

1658 Kings Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32209
USA
Main Tel: (904) 470-8000
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

Edward Waters College Highlights

Where Edward Waters College stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

  • African Methodist Episcopal religious affiliation.
  • Historically black college.
  • Many students concentrating in business and management, music, and security and law enforcement.
  • Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
  • Number of dorm rooms for students.
  • Racially diverse student body.
  • High male/female ratio.
  • Large number of programs of study offered.
  • Good faculty-to-student ratio.
  • Large number of students.

Other important characteristics:

  • Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates
  • Faculty tenure system
  • Library on-campus
  • Campus housing available
  • Student meal (board) plan
  • Part-time classes available
  • Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

DegreeTotal
Earned
Different
Programs
Bachelor14017

Edward Waters Students

Edward Waters is a historically black college.

The student enrollment at Edward Waters was 811 in 2007 (772 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students living in the US make up 100% of incoming freshmen.

Tuition and Other Costs

ItemCost
State Tuition and fees$ 9,176
Room$ 3,124
Board$ 3,350
Books and supplies$ 1,260
Other$ 3,904

Financial Aid: Edward Waters participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
With tenure  3
Without tenure; working toward tenure  36
Without tenure; tenure not available  14

Housing and Meals

Edward Waters provides on-campus housing for 596 of its 772 (full-time) students (as of 2007).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Edward Waters Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. Edward Waters is in the Florida Sun Conference for major sports.

Edward Waters offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 6 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 100% of students receiving such aid) .

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2007 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (72 awarded)

  • Business Administration and Management
  • Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3 awarded)

  • Computer and Information Sciences

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (13 awarded)

  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Physical Education Teaching and Coaching

HOSPITALITY (1 awarded)

  • Hospitality Administration/Management

LIBERAL ARTS (7 awarded)

  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Political Science and Government
  • Sociology

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

  • Mathematics

MEDIA (4 awarded)

  • Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICINE (0 awarded)

  • Gerontology

MUSIC (4 awarded)

  • Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

  • Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (7 awarded)

  • Biology/Biological Sciences

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (15 awarded)

  • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (13 awarded)

  • Psychology

Selected Careers of Interest

(Based on an automated mapping of degrees popular at Edward Waters with government-defined occupation categories.)

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